As Sabancı University celebrates its 25th anniversary, it stands out for its academic originality, research achievements, rich campus life, and international collaborations. These achievements, expressed in numbers, illuminate the university's quarter-century journey.

The 2025 results of the "World's Most Influential Scientists List," published annually by Stanford University and Elsevier, a publisher of science, technology, and health sciences, have been announced. Twelve Sabancı University members were included in the "Career-Long" impact category, and 12 members of our university were included in the "Single-Year" impact category, placing them among the world's most influential scientists.

As Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), we aim to establish stronger, more sustainable, and long-term collaborations with all stakeholders in our ecosystem. To better understand the needs of our industry, learn your expectations for strategic partnerships, and guide our future collaborations, we have prepared a "Strategic Collaboration Expectations: Industry Perspective" survey.

Activities organized by IICEC continued unabated during the summer period. The newsletter prepared as part of these activities is now available.

The Sabancı University Professional Graduate Programs Commencement Ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 11th on the Sabancı University Tuzla Campus.

The International Foreign Policy, Defense, and Security School, organized by the Istanbul Policy Center, will take place in Karaköy from October 20 to 28, 2025.

The SU Gender Saturday Talks return this term. In the first session, we will come together with Yağmur Nuhrat. Moderated by Sabancı University faculty member Çağla Aydın, Nuhrat will deliver a talk titled “Gender and Sports: Binary, Inclusion, Fairness.”

Sabancı University hosted a full-day NMR Workshop on September 10th, held in collaboration with EFSUN – the Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces, Oxford Instruments, and Tekafos Technological Systems.

An Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Workshop was held on September 11th with the participation of Sabancı University academics and employees of Sabancı Holding companies.

As Sabancı University celebrates its 25th anniversary, it revisits its roots and the story of its founding. This special feature is compiled from the book "Founding a University," written by Güler Sabancı, Chair of the Sabancı University Board of Trustees, which provides anecdotal accounts of our university's founding, vision, and development journey.